Jewelry-pin.



R. W. ADAMS & B. D. POTTS.

JEWELRY PIN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.26.1018,

Patented Den. 8. 1914.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT W. ADAMS AND BERNARD D. POTTS, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO '1. W. ADAMS &. 00., OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A COPARTNERSI-IIP COMPOSED 0F ROBERT W. ADAMS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AND JAMES WOODHULL ADAMS, OF

SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY.

JEWELRY-PIN.

Application filed November 26, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT W. ADAMS and BERNARD D. Po'r'rs, citizens of the United States, and residents of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Im: provements in Jewelry-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved jewelry pin to be worn on a garment and particularly on a waist or dress at the neck.

The pin is more particularly designed for use with a V-shaped neck of a garment, the pin having arms that diverge and is to be placed at the apex or point of the V-shaped neck, with the point of the pin approximately at the point of the V.

The invention is further designed to provide a pin in which the arms can be swung so as to vary the angle between the arms according to the cut of the neck of the waist or dress. The swinging arms are preferably provided with a means for limiting their swinging movement, this limit being preferably when they are alined at their outermost point of swinging, in which case the pin can be used straight.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a top View of a pin made according to our invention. Fig. 2 is a front "iew of the pin illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a face View of another type of pin in which the arms can be adjusted to vary the angle so that the pin can be fitted to different forms of tapered or V-shaped necks of garments. Fig. 4- is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the arms swung to their outermost limit of movement, and Fig. 5 is a top view of the pin as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a back view of a form of pivot illustrated in Figs. 3, 4L and 5.

In the pin shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the pin proper is composed of two arms 10 and 11. The arms are divergent or V-shaped and are adapted to be fastened to the V-shaped neck of a garment, and the pin is placed at the point of the V so that it approximately alines itself in the sides of the V-shaped opening in the neck and forms an ornamental and symmetrical point. The pin of course can be suitably engraved or otherwise ornamented, and the arms can be of different sizes and different. cross-sec- Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Serial No. 803,081.

tional form. In the drawing we illustrate plain arms, each arm having fastening means on the back and extending longitudinally thereof so that no fastening means is apparent bridging across the arms. The fastening means shown in Figs. 1 and 2 consists of the usual pin 12 which, as shown, 1s pivoted in a suitable bearing 13, located near the outer or upper end of one of the arms, as the arm 10, and is fastened under a keeper 14 placed toward the opposite end of such arm. Fastening means are also provided for the remaining arm. In the construction shown the remaining arm, as 11, is provided with a hook member 16, which also may be located near the outer or upper end of the arm on which it is placed, that is to say, the end opposite the meeting place of the two arms. Such fastoning means, as shown, project backward somewhat from the arms 10 and 11, such backward projection being substantially at right angles to the plane, which is defined in a general way by the meeting arms when arranged at an angle, and which may be referred to as the plane of the arms. When this pin 12 has been fastened through the goods on one side of the opening in the garment, the garment and pin can be moved so as to allow the pin 15 of the curved and inwardly extending hook 16 to be caught in the goods, and then when the goods is straightened out under the pin, the hook 16 is seated, since it projects inwardly and suspends the arm 11 and holds it against the dress so that the V-shaped pin can not swing on the pin 12, as will be evident.

The pin shown in Figs. 3, 1 and 5 consists of arms 17 and 18 which can be suitably ornamented, the drawing showing the face of the arms set with stones 19. One of the arms, in the drawing it is the arm 18, is provided with the pin 12 to fasten one of the arms to the dress, and the other or second arm is provided with a hook 16, the hook being preferred to another pin 12 on the other arm on account of its ease of attachment. The arms 17 and 18 are arranged so that they swing in relation to each other, whereby the angle they bear to each other can be varied to adapt the pin to different degrees of slope in the sides of the opening in the neck of the dress. The inward limit of the arms can be fixed by contact of the two arms at 20, and the outward movement can be limited when the arms are alined as in Fig. 4. The outward limit of movement is provided for by a pairof stops, one stop 21 on the arm 18 engaging the stop 22 on the other arm so that the arms can not go beyond the point where they are alined. To provide for the swinging of the arms we can use any kind of a pivot, but we prefer to swing the arms by providing the arms with bosses or collars 23 which fit around an eyelet 24:, the eyelet in the front providing for ornamentation of the pin, and also serving as a setting for a stone or jewel 25. This construction is substantial and solid and provides for the easy swinging of the arms, the arms when in place being maintained at their proper angles by the pin 12 and the hook 16. The advantage of this type of pin is that in addition to its being symmetrical and adding to the ornamentation of the dress, it acts to hold the sides of the opening or the V in position at the point of apex.

It will be evident that minor changes can be made in the form of this pin and in the size of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. An article of jewelry comprising two arms lying in the same plane and joined at their ends, and securing means projecting from the arms and substantially perpendicular to the plane of the arms, the securing means on each arm being independent of the securing means of the other arm, said securing means being directly behind the arms and thus concealed thereby when the article is viewed from the front.

2. A waist pin comprising a substantially V-shaped ornamental body provided with means for fastening it to a waist consisting of a pin secured to the back of one arm and extending lengthwise thereof, and a short pointed hook secured to the back of the other arm near its upper end, substantially as described.

3. A waist pin comprising a substantially V-shaped ornamental body having a keeper at the point thereof, a pin pivoted inv a joint secured to the back of one arm near its upper end and extending lengthwise of said arm, and a pointed hook at the back of the other arm near its upper end and co-- operating with said pin in fastening the ornament to a waist.

4. An article of jewelry comprising two arms hinged together at their inner ends and adapted to swing in the same plane, and independent securing means on each arm and arranged to project from the back thereof and substantially perpendicular to the plane of the arms, said securing means of each arm being arranged longitudinally thereof so as to be concealed when the pin is viewed from the front.

An article of jewelry comprising a pair of arms hinged together at one end, a keeper on one arm near the hinge of the arms, a pin pivoted near the upper end and on the back of the arm on which the keeper is placed and extending lengthwise of said arm, and a pointed hook on the back of the other arm near its upper end and cooperating with said pin in fastening the article to an article of apparel.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, we have heretoset our hands, this 24th day of November, 1913.

ROBERT W. ADAMS. BERNARD D. POTTS.

lVitnesses WM. H. GAMFIELD, M. A. JOHNSON.

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